y 1 cm o f , Today's Weather a lomorrows I ides High 9:50 ajtn. 15.9 ft. 21:40 p.m. 19.0 ft. , LoW 3:14 ajn. 5.4 ft. 15:08 pjn. 9.7 ft. (8 AM.) prince Rupert Showery, light southeast wind; barometer, 29.85; x.r-rature. 56; sea smooth. . A ICU'K"- I 7. o. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER XXV NO. 188. d PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1936 FR1CE: 5 CENTS P4 NSf BLOW TO t CANADIANS ... 1.., cp Villpd to Make Weit ht ui& t Olympics Japan nominates Swimming Canada Sixth In Track and Field TT ITT nnncks Hood Win " A UllOJi " In Football, Quits and Is Going Home . ... . inn r f fi nones in viyinmv iaiauik ou- aih v - ' ' . 1 -i i.tj it.. - t . 1 I- ... 1U n l!lMMAHrA ... team setting a new record In 800 metres preliminary. Can- pntriPA entered semi-finals thp Am mrtre anri tne final nr ire son jananese. won me k. aiiu 111 111 c v rrii .1 T"l t i J At MAM, 1 v w n inp i:ananian in rr n TP-i xrirPQ rnnir t rt Ann m r v win inn i:anan am nrih Today's Results 'mnr 1 in rw in ikn u. ctiui-iiiiai wuay ana - It VVVA lilV ,WU UlUdPLS HIT LIU! UTfl 100 metre backstroke were Uni 'States to sweep the first L in.:." ... in 9nlnrtn M .41.,... su.ii.KWUiU U1TUIK. c.4y swimming wun Canada and second to the last. ocnaeier or Germany ea a surprise victory In the U4 UIB single scuus ana i rota nfrin n t... - Canada Wins Basketball 27 to 7 In the third round Ink fcf'ie entire Peruvian deWatlnn oc withdrawn from the Olvm- f and will leave tomorrow as a M of a dispute centering In a game in which Peru's vie- over Austria was voided. orld Events And e Prophecy Are Discussed W.4VSWIIK pauer roau pv uaiucit jast evening at "suiar montiily meeting of cal iirltLsli-Ismpi swiAtv ' '""wea uk reading or uamun Aiassev Ml .ID. secretary owlnz Jessie Jacobs, wlw Is a pa-,,m Ule Prince Rupert Oen- M) GATK.riIAeni.-iia MN . (Cp)Lad v i oir rranic Newnes. wken ffAij. - ba-craslwrs at parties. CAPTAIN JOHN HIVING: PASSES IN VANCOUVEK VANCOUVER, Aug 11. (CP) Captain John Irving, pioneer Drltish Columbia coast navl- gator and former member of the Legislature, died last night. He was one of the coast's most colorful personalities and was widely known from Mexico to Alaska. Recently he had been Interested In mining in Alaska, making his last trip north a few months ago. He was about K 80 years of age. MENACED BY FIRE Mine Buildings at Arlington Destroyed and Residents of Erie In Readiness to Leave NELSON, Aus. 11: (CP) A forest fire thirty-five miles from here destroyed the Arlington mine buildings, the Black Rock mine property and swept through valuable timber stands. The fire is now menacing the Clubine Comstock buildings' and a number of residents of Erie have packed tlitir belongings and are ready to flee If the flames strike the town. There have been no Injuries so far. Protest Against Retirement Bill Profesicnal Men of France Are Up In Arms at Measure PARIS. Aug. 11: (CP) Physi cians and medical students are up in arms over a bill In Parliament to force "brain workers" to retire at 65. The bill would apply to all gov ernment employees professional men and those employed In com merce and Industry. The students took the lead In protesting the bill, which they dubbed a "satanlc project." They asked other "brain workers" to 'join them in demanding It be quashed Immediately. "The medical students' associa tion notes with bitterness that politicians do not figure in the bill," they said. Halibut Arrivals Summary American 28,000 pounds, 8.6c and 6c to 8.8c and 6c. Canadian 5,000 pounds, 7.7c and 5.5c to 8.1c and 5 5c. American Donanza, 26,000, 8.6c and 6c, Pa cific. Visitor. 2,000, 8.8c and 6c, Cold Storage. Canadian Cape Deale,. 38,000, 8.1c and 5.5c, Booth. Kalen, 17,000, 7.8c and 55c, Atlln. Viking, 10.0W, (.(C aim Storage. WANTED LIMELIGHT pahnhaM. Eng.. Aug. 11: 'CP) Charged with causing a public mischief by making a raise siaie-ment to the police, a 20-year-old domestic admitted she had told an errowous story to "get lntc the limelight." Vancouver Wheat tfAwmmCTl. Aug. 11: (CP) Wheat was down to $1.01 Vi on the Vancouver market yesterday, dropping! further to 99c today. CIVIL AGREED ON ONECHILD Georgia Girl Signs Novel Mall Order Marriage Pact With Chinese Husband NEW YORK. Aug. 11: (CP)-When Ruby Nell Anthony, former Georgia 8unday school teacher, became the mail-order bride ft Joseph Wang, Harlem laundry proprietor, she signed a pact agreeing to bear aim at least one child, but not more than two. The pact, signed by both parties, also reveals Wang as the family business head taking care of such matters as "property, business, home and money." It was three months ago that Mr. Wang met his wife, who came here by bus from Lavonla, Oa., where she had read one of Wang's handbills advertising for a "really true and honest devoted Christian wife," who would not mind help ing him wash shirts and collar; I in his laundry. Wang had dis tributed 1,000 handbills In Har lem churches, and one of them had got down to Georgia. Since his marriage, May 5, to the Georgian, who is 22 years old and speaks in a quiet drawl, the ilminutlve Chinese has developed passion for the study of law, and has set up a nine-shelf V-brary of law books In his laundry His greatest achievement, he ad mits, ts the contract which he ind. his -wife -slsnr as something o "go on" in the future. It wa vltnessed by Mrs. Wang's mother Mrs. Eottiel Anthony, it was duly notorized, and it supercedes Mher pacts signed at the time of the marriage. Terms of Contract The contract, which does nt "xactly repudiate' the Oriental conception of the wife's station n the household, follows: "The following Is what Joseph Wang had promised Ruby Nell Anthony:" "1. Joseph Wang had promised to be faithful and true and honet o Ruby Nell Anthony and love her alone for the whole lifetlrre If Joseph Wang loves any othr; women, by this agreement, Ruby Nell Anthony can punish Joseph Wang by putting him in jail for one year, if this matter can be proved, and can divorce him. "2. Joseph Wang had promised to try his best to keep a home,' to support Ruby Nell Anthony nnd to make success for the future. "3, Joseph Wang had promised Ruby Nell Anthony always to live a Christian life and never to drink liquor, smoke or gamble. "4. Joseph Wang had promlsi Ruby Nell Anthony always to keep a home In the United States, and not to sell the home unless both Ruby Nell Anthony and Joseph Wang decide together to do othsr-wlse. The Bride's Undertaking WAR VON RIBBENTKOP NAMED GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO GREAT BRITAIN TODAY BERLIN, Aug. 11: (CP) Joachim von Ribbentrop, one time a resident of; Ottawa and other parts of Canada, was ap- pointed German ambassador to Great Britain today. For some time he has been one of Relchfuehrer Adolf Hltler.'s 'closest diplomatic advisors. j r I TODAY'S STOCKS Oourtety a. D. Johnston Co.) Vancouvet B. C. Nickel, .34.'H Big 'Missouri, .53.- -1 Bralorne, 7.70. H B. R Con., .05Vi. ' B. R. X., .12. Cariboo Quartz, 1.70. Dentonia, .17 Vz. Dunwell. .03. Golconda, .09 Vi. 'J Mlnto, .462. Meridian, .08. Morning Star, .02 Noble Five, .02. " Pend Oreille. .85. Premier, 3.00. I Reeves McDonald, '06. I Reno, 1.25. 11 Relief Arlington, .32. 8almon Gold, .034.' Taylor Bridge. .09.'' Wayside, .11V4. ' Toronto BeatUrT:45. "V- Central Patricia, 4.15. Chlbougamau, 1.75. Gods Lake. 1.16. Int. Nickel, 52.85. Lee Gold, .04. Lltt'e Long Lac, 6.05. McKenzla Red' Lake, 2.02. ! Perron, 1.35. Pickle Crow, 7.30. 1 Red Lake Gold Shore, 2.07. San Antonio, 1.90. . ' Sherritt Gordon," 1.62; Siscoe. 4.30. Smelters Gold, 07 Vi. Sturgeon River, .43. Ventures, 2.23. McCleod Cockshutt, 4.25. Hardrock, 3.14. Oklcnd, .35. Masher, .70. Bousquet, 12 V2. 1 Bidgood Klrkland, 170. Gllbec, .03 Vi. Jowsey, ,15. Madsen Red Lake, 1.05. IXay Spiers, .48. Sullivan, 1.75. Stadacono, .64 Vi. Greene Stabelle, .62. Everything Being Done to Give Aid To Starving Esks BARROW, Alaska. Aug. 11: (CP) -Frank Damrhertv. government - - - power to aid Eskimos, five hundred of whom, according to. & report yesterday by .Dr. Harry Grelst, have been driven to eating boots, tundra grass, sled dogs and boat coverings. HITLER'S "HOLY TOWN VIENNA, Aug. II: (CP) Leaflets calling upon National Socialists to regard Relchsfuehrer Hitler's birthplace, Braunau, Austria, as a "holy town" and a mecca for pilgrimages were scattered here by Austrian Nazis. BAK SILVER MORE INTENSE nf TCCI A 1UC AT JUNEAU Soviet Fliers Land at Alaska Capital in Course of Los Angeles To Moscow Flight In the course of their long distance flight from Los Angeles to Moscow via Alaska and Siberia, the Russian aviators, Sigismund Lcvanevsky and Victor Levchenlto, landed their Vultee monoplane a: Juneau from Ketchikan at 5:46 o'clock last evening, according to radio advices received here today. Weather permitting, departuie was to be made today for Fairbanks in continuation of the flight. Further particulars have now been received of the flight of the plane from Seattle to Ketchikan over the week -end. Leaving Seattle at 10:30 Saturday morning, the .fliers were forced down at Goose Island near Bella Bella by nln and fog at 1:15 that afternoon and rrmalr.ed there until Sundiy when they wore able to make an-cthrr shirt Jump to Swanson Bay From there they flew to Ketchl-1 Ikan yesterday, procedlng, after a brief stay to Juneau. About noon '.he n'ne wa s sighted passing outside of Digby Island. It arrived at Ketchikan at 12:50 noon. The plane had been unreported for a while over the week-end 'it being learned later that the filers d!d notsenoV out radio -re- -tport3J"asthey wished to xonserve their storage battery. FISHING CLOSURE - Department of Fisheries Takes Steps to See That Sockeye Get Through to Fraser Spawning Grounds VANCOUVER, Aug. 11: (CP) The Dominion Department of Fisheries yesterday ordered a 24-hour closure period to fishing on the Fraser River effective Wednes- day to assist the run of sockeye to the spawning grounds. Major J. A. Motherwell, chief supervisor of fisheries, said the reason for the order was "to be assured that the spawning grounds will get a reasonable percentage of the unusually large run." At the end of the week the situation will again be surveyed to decide whether It is desirable to continue the Wednesday closure. Sockeye fishing has been very intensive on the Fraser River during the past few weeks. I SHOt STYLES I , BOSTON.Aug.il: CP Leading heel ma"ufa;turers say litth? that V sensa,tlon.al 1" haPe? W.11, aDDear in me new rau looiwear. Noted American Writer Passes 1 1 I Lincoln Steffens Passes Away At! Age of 70 Years Once Edited McClure's Magazine SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 11: Un- coin Steffens, noted American writer and lecturer, died on Sun - j day. In his younger days, he was well known in newspaper circles, having been for some years wlth l the New York Post. He was at one time managing editor of McClure's! Magazine but. for many years, had j devoted himself to writing novels and short stories. . I "The following Is what Ruby reindeer superintendent, says the About onehalf of the heels pro-Nell Anthony had promised to United States Bureau of Jncjlan j duced for next season's footwear Joseph Wang: Affairs Is doing everything In its are 2 Vi Inches higher or lower. "1. Ruby Nell Anthony had promised; to be faithful and true and hottest to Joseph Wang, to o h w 1(me for life-time and not to have any other man friend. If Ruby Nell Anthony loves any other man or has any other man friend, oy 'his agreement, Joseph Wang can leave and divorce Ruby Nell Anthony without giving anythln? whatever, If this matter can be proved.1 to be true. "2. ;Ruby Nell Anthony had promised to Joseph Wang not to be lazy and to try her best to dq what she cart to assist Joseph Wong ;'in business and home lb make their future success, so that Joseph xWang can have somo NEW YORK, tCPjBar silver chancej to study engineering. Ruby was .unchanged at 44?ic per ounce Nell Anthony promised' Joseph'. on the New York metal market (Continued on Page Four) 'today. . Artillery Duel Along Wide Front Near San Sebastian Under Way Observers Believe Insurgent Attack on Loyalist Strongholds Has Begun in Earnest Situation Still Serious " HENDAYE, France, Aug. 11: (CP) An artillery duel began today along the entire leftist-rebel front around San Sebastian, the besieged summer resort. Observers be-ieve an insurgent attack upon loyalist strongholds has 'inally begun. The civil war situation is still critical although there have been no new international developments arising therefrom. DEADLOCK COMPARES IN FINAL FAVORABLY United Westons Defeat Westminster Royals to Even up Soccer Count VANCOUVER, Aug. 11: (CP) United Westons of Winnipeg last night tied the Dominion soccer finals by defeating New Westmln- ster Royals. by a score of 2 to 1. Boy Travels Six TFlflllCanfl lVfllpC been Jud8hig gardens for the Hor-AllUliaailU miiCO t)cultural sty at victoria for ;the past thirteen years and ne Polish Lad Lands in Alberta After Long Trip J FnMnNTOH a,, ii- nP Prokop Sokolik, "eight-year-olo Polish lad. Journeyed 6,000 miles from Poland to the Whitford dis- trict, 80 miles from here, to rejoin his parents whom he had not ;een for six years, Crossing the AtlanUc ocean on the ss. Montclair, the young globetrotter was the "life of the party" (although not able to understand a single word addressed to him, said a steamship official. His Career Is Distinguished Capt. A. J. Hosken Saved French Ship as Well as Many Lives at Sea VANCOUVER, Aug. 11: (CP) leapt. A. J. Hosken, commander of, the trans-Pacific liner Empress of Canada, who died here yesterday, !had a distinguished career of 32 nt SM r(.,vpH mpHal fof saylng a prench shlp and a,so was credited with the saving of many lives. THEY LIVE LONG HERE MOUNT FOREST. Ont, Aug. 11 (CP) A woman here has taken an Interest in residents of this town and Immediate vicinity who have reached the age of 80 or over. There are 41 octogenarians on the list and 11 don't know what day their birthday falls on Today's Weather Langara Island Overcast, light Easterly wind; light swell, Triple Island Cloudy, some rain, moderate to fresh southeast wind; jsea moderate. Terrace Cloudy, calm, 57. Alice Arm Cloudy, calm, 55. Stewart Raining, calm, 55. Hazel ton Cloudy, calm, 51. Smithers Cloudy, calm, 55. Bums Lake Raining, calm, 51. " i ' " uf Experienced Judge Says Local Flowers Rank with Those Of South : The Prince Rupert Rose and flower show compared favorably "ith similar events In the south or places of similar populatlrn. according to E..W. White, district norucuittiraiisi lor Vancouver isi-.and; who.was spnt by the proyin 'cial government at "Victoria to i Inrtlro tho ovhth)f Mr Whlt has Judged the exhibits at the j shows for a number of years. Af- ter Judging here he speke vpr appreciatively of the gardens and ' local exhibits. He left on the """-c tum home almost .?n 1 immediately aiwr completing uie Judging. Throughout yesterday there was a constant stream of visitors tc the flower show, many of whom stayed for considerable time, nut their friends -and discussed gardening problems. Shortly before ten o'clock people began to move their exhibits and most of them were away before the building was closed. Co-operation of the taxi drivers In directing the . at-ttenttan of tourists to the show helped to incerase the attendance. There were In all sixty-one 'exhibitors In the show with 230 ex- jhlblts. Many who visited the show during the day expressed regret that they had not entered the'r, flowers because they felt they could have beaten some of the winners who were represented. The Canadian National Railways gardens sent the flowers from their exhibit at the show yesterday to the Prince Rupert Hospital. Seattle Trolling I Boat Founders In Flattery Region SEATTLE, Aug. 11: The trolling boat May struck a rock and foundered fifteen miles south of Cape Flattery yesterday. The,crew oilthe boat, which was owned by-W SWD. Smith of Seattle, made tnelr' way safely to Umatilla lightship. SMALL GIRLS' PREFERENCES MONTREAL, Aug. 11: (CP) librarian of the Montreal Children's Library says small girls have voracious appetites for the mor-bld-but they don't get. such books at the library, even though they ask for "something that will make me cry."